MSc student wins Young Professional Grant

On the 14th April 2016, MSc student Simon Brown was awarded the International Institute of Noise Control Engineers Young Professional Grant. Simon was one of 15 people to win the award. The 600 Euros will allow him to travel and attend to the 45th I-INCE conference to be held in Hamburg, Germany. Simon will be presenting his Masters thesis. Enjoy Germany!

Dr Stephen Dance acts an External Examiner for Salford University

Dr Stephen Dance is acting as the External Examiner for the University of Salford. He is examining Masters thesis by research on the acoustics programme. His second dissertation to assess is by Apurva Mhapushkar and is entitled, "The effect of diffuser on the rear wall of auditoria".

London Heliport Noise Measurement Pilot

On the 24th March 2016 a pilot study was undertaken involving noise monitoring of London's only heliport. Riverside residents kindly assisted with the Easter weekend baseline measurements. The pilot will be extended to create a noise map of the local area to inform Wandsworth Council as to the issues involved in commercial helicopter movements.

EPSRC Sandpit meeting

On the 23rd March 2016, the University of Nottingham hosted an EPSRC Sandpit event. Dr Stephen Dance was an invited speaker, one of seven, to give his thoughts on Healthy Urban Living. Dr Sergio Altomonte was the organiser, part of the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, lots of cross disciplinary ideas so could be the start of something big!

IOA Musical Group abstract submitted

Former Research Fellow Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina has submited an abstract to the upcoming Institute of Acoustics Musical Acoustics Group meeting to be held at London South Bank University on the 5th July 2016. The presentation is entitled, "Towards introducing basic acoustic education in the musical performance curriculum". We are looking forward to seeing the poster!

More abstracts submitted to Inter-Noise 2016

Two more abstracts have been submitted to Inter-Noise 2016 to be held in Hamburg, Germany. The first paper has been written by MSc student, Simon Brown and is entitled, "The suitability of additive manufacturing materials in a 1:10 scale reverberation chamber". The second paper is by Dr Stephen Dance, entitled, "Facing the Music: Helping Classical Musicians comply with the Control of Noise at Work Regulations". Should be a good conference!

University of the Arts Project

On the 9th March 2016 Olesya Asanova visited the London South Bank University laboratory. Olesya wanted to record and film the sound of clothes in the anechoic chamber. Her team included photpgrapher, models, sound engineer and makeup artistic to create a film for her final year project at the University of the Arts.